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EU foreign policy chief: Close to deal on sanctions for ‘violent settlers’

By JNS Staff

(JNS) — European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas used her doorstep remarks in Brussels to signal that E.U. foreign ministers are close to a deal on sanctions targeting “violent settlers,” saying she expects a political agreement at the Foreign Affairs Council.

“I expect a political agreement on the sanctions of violent settlers. Hopefully we’ll get there,” the Estonian politician and diplomat told reporters, referring to accusations that some Jewish residents of Israel’s Judea and Samaria region comm...